Archives for Fernando Arce

By Fernando Arce and Tom Keefer THUNDER BAY – The Necan sisters are on the road once again, determined to find justice. If Darlene’s name sounds familiar, it’s because she’s the grassroots Indigenous woman who went up against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry two years ago when they…

By Fernando Arce WASHINGTON, – Onkwehón:we from the North, Central and South American parts of the continent converged in Washington on Apr. 21, 2015 to demand justice for the indigenous victims of Chevron’s pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Hundreds of cousins, sisters and brothers from all over the continent took over…

The Gustafsen Lake is one of the most significant conflicts between Indigenous people and the Canadian state in recent memory. Over 400 RCMP officers used helicopters, armoured personnel carriers and fired over 70,000 rounds of ammunition at the Indigenous land defenders over the 30 day siege. As Indigenous people involved…

By Fernando Arce The concrete buildings and streets that surround our Canadian cities hide a history of colonialism as well as vast swaths of green spaces and traditional lands that once flourished. That's why a Metis man is now using traditional Indigenous practices to help others not only reclaim these…

Originally published in Rabble Blogs, March 15 2016. By Fernando Arce TORONTO – Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the constituent office of the Ministry of International Trade in Toronto on March 11 to condemn Canada’s commercial involvement with Honduras, where an award-winning Indigenous environmentalist was murdered a week prior. On…